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What Is Network Latency? Causes, How to Measure It, and Ways to Reduce It

Aug 3, 2026 By Ramya Shah In Motadata
Slow application complaints are among the hardest tickets in IT to close. The network gets blamed first; the dashboard shows nothing wrong, and the ticket bounces between teams for a week. Network latency sits at the centre of that argument more often than any other metric. Most dashboards report latency as a single average, and that average hides the slow requests people actually notice. A path can average 30 ms and still drop a call every ten minutes.
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Progress WhatsUp Gold Recognized as a SPARK Matrix Leader in Network Observability

Aug 3, 2026 By Colin Barry In WhatsUp Gold
We’re proud to share that the Progress WhatsUp Gold solution has been recognized as a Leader in the QKS Group SPARK Matrix: Network Observability report, ahead of other vendors such as SolarWinds, Paessler PRTG and LogicMonitor to name a few. The recognition highlights the WhatsUp Gold network monitoring capabilities that help organizations gain deeper visibility into complex network environments while delivering impactful benefits for customers.
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Essential Tech Upgrades To Boost Your Airbnb Bookings

Essential Tech Upgrades To Boost Your Airbnb Bookings

Aug 3, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
If you run an Airbnb, you're probably always looking for ways to boost your bookings and make your rental more lucrative. Unfortunately, a successful Airbnb requires more than fresh linens and a prime location. Most travelers expect a seamless, modern experience from the moment they book, and they need to be able to check in quickly without having to worry about keys or other arrangements. What can you do to improve guest satisfaction in a single cozy studio or a portfolio of luxury vacation rentals? Here's everything you need to know.
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How Entry Level Technology Skills Can Help You Build A Stronger Cybersecurity Career

How Entry Level Technology Skills Can Help You Build A Stronger Cybersecurity Career

Aug 2, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Starting your cybersecurity career with some technology experience is a good move. The technology field is broad, but, overall, it refers to general technological concepts. Cybersecurity is about securing systems or networks, but, to a large extent, it is necessary to have some background information regarding technology in general. Entry level technology skills will provide the background needed to understand potential problems and the confidence needed to move forward in your career.
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8 VoIP Quality Metrics: What They Are and How to Measure Them

Jul 31, 2026 By Alyssa Lamberti In Obkio
A dropped call costs more than the interruption itself. It means a missed deal, a frustrated customer, or a support ticket that shouldn't exist. When VoIP quality slips, the usual first sign is vague: calls "sound bad" or "keep cutting out," with no clear starting point for troubleshooting. That vagueness is avoidable. VoIP call quality isn't subjective at the network level.
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Megaport Signs Open Weights and American AI Leadership Letter

Jul 31, 2026 By Megaport In Megaport
Megaport has signed the Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter, supporting open-weight AI, customer choice, and the infrastructure that powers AI innovation. Artificial intelligence is reshaping how organizations build, deploy, and scale digital infrastructure. As AI adoption accelerates, the conversation is evolving beyond model performance alone to the broader ecosystem needed to support long-term innovation.
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How SD-WAN Works and What to Monitor at Every Branch

Jul 31, 2026 By Poonam Lalani In Motadata
Why does one branch report unusable voice and video every afternoon while the WAN dashboard at head office shows every site green? Most network teams have fielded that escalation. The device responds, the tunnel status reads up, and application performance is still unacceptable. SD-WAN was built for the distance between a connection that responds and an application that performs.
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Best Network Performance Monitoring Tools for Modern Enterprise Networks

Jul 30, 2026 By Narendhran Kannappan In eG Innovations
Enterprise networks have outgrown the flat, predictable topologies they were built on. Traffic now crosses on-premises data centers, multiple public clouds, SD-WAN links, and the home connections of a distributed workforce. When any one of those segments degrades, the business feels it as slow applications, failed transactions, and frustrated users — long before anyone confirms the network is the cause.
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The Upsides to Keeping it Boring: How Fiber-to-the-Home Providers Protect Their Investments

Jul 30, 2026 By Kentik In Kentik
What does "good" actually look like for a fiber-to-the-home network? According to two of the people who build them, it looks like nothing at all. No complaints. No support calls. No coffee-talk the next morning about the stream that buffered. Just a light switch that turns all the way on, every time.
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